@manaslu.clo: The Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat is the tallest vertical wall on Earth—4,500 meters of sheer rock and ice rising into the Himalayan sky. It’s brutal, unforgiving, and for decades, it stood untouched. A place where climbers disappeared, their dreams buried under avalanches and exhaustion. In 1970, Reinhold Messner became the first person to climb it. He and his brother Günther faced the unknown without fixed ropes, oxygen, or guarantees of survival—only their strength and belief that it was possible. For days, they battled the elements, exhaustion, and fear. They reached the summit, but the descent turned tragic. Günther was lost to an avalanche, and Reinhold, frostbitten and barely alive, stumbled back to safety. #Hiking #mountains #Outdoors #mountaineering #relatable #theclimber #climbing #k2 #everest #nature #athlete